Garment



March 16,1937.- VHLGOLDSTEIN 2,073,929

GARMENT Fil ed Aug. so, 1935 Patented Mar. 16, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Harry Goldstein, New York, N. Y.

Application August 30, 1935, Serial No. 38,506

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to garments of the type which engage and encase portions of the body and the legs of the wearer. While I have herein illustrated my invention as embodied in the undergarment' of a panty type for women, it will be understood that this is done only for purposes of exemplification.

As to its broader phases, my invention is capable of employment in garments of all types adapted for encasing the lower body portions and. the legs or portions thereof. It is capable, for example, of employment in womens underwear, such as bloomers, panties, drawers and the like, including those supported from the shoulders, and generally referred tof as combinations, and is equally capable of employment in men's undergarments, and in outer garments as well. The general objects of my invention are the provision of a garment of the type above referred to, which will be form-fitting, will snugly and smoothly engage the body parts and yet will not interfere with or render uncomfortable, changes in posture or position.

I attain this object generally as follows: I construct the garment so that it has a subthoracic portion relatively narrow at the waistline, and increasing in width downwardly toward the seat portions until a maximum is reached after which it decreases in width, and these changes in widthbeing such that the contour of the body is followed, and springing downwardly from said subthoracic portion are two downwardly tapering leg portions. These eflects are calculated to'make the garment form- 35 fitting, and are attained by the juncture of oppositely curved edges of material, the curvatures being convexly opposed to each other, where an outward bulge is desired in the gar ment, and concavely opposed to each other, 40 where the reverse effect is desired. While I have shown the contours of these curved edges as mirror images of each other and their juncture as a mirrorimage relation, and while it is obvious that this is a very practical, and economical construction, it is to be understood that the contemplated efiects may-be approximated without a strictly mirror image relation, and

the garment, and without bringing about any discomfort or binding effect.

For the details of one embodiment of my invention, by which I attain the aforementioned objects and such other objects as will hereinafter appear or be pointed out, I will refer to the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front View of my garment:

Figure 2 is a section corresponding to the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in. the direction of the arrows,v but indicating the garment in place on a wearer;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the effect on the garment when the wearer bends her body forward and downward at the waist and hips; and

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the lay-out of all the parts needed for the assembly of the main parts of a complete garment in the relative positions hey occupy. a

Referring to the drawing, it will be observed, that I have shown a garment of the panty type, comprising a pair of symmetrically arranged front pieces Al and A-2, these being identical in contour. When the material employed has a right and a wrong side, these pieces are preferably made mirror images of each other, so that when they are joined in symmetrical fashion, the right side of the material will be on the same side in both pieces.

It will further be observed that the garment comprises two symmetrically arranged back portions B--l andB-Z, these also, being of identical contour, being cut as mirror images of each other when advisable. The same may be said for the inner leg portions C-l and (3-2.

Referring again to the front portions, of which it is only necessary to describe one, because of the aforementioned symmetry of contour, it will be observed that the front portion A-l may be considered as comprising an abdominal portion that extends from the waist portion thereof downward toward the intermediate point 22, below which is a leg portion that runs from the point 22 downward. The upper edge of the piece A-l .is shown as bounded by a substantially straight line 2I25, and the front edge of the abdominal portion running downward from the point 2| to the point 22, and the front edge of the leg portion, running from the point 22, to the point 23, are both shown as substantially straight, but disposed at a slight angle to each other. The lower edge 23-24 is also shown as substantially straight' The side edge of A-l runs from served that it is shown as slightly convex.

The back portions, of which only one, Bl,

} will be described, may be considered as comprising a seat forming portion, which extends from the waist-line to an intermediate point 32, and

a leg portion extending from the point 32 downward. This section is shown as having a substantially straight upper or waist edge 3I35, and a convexly curved side edge, uniting the point 35 at the waist with the lower extremity 34 of the leg portion. A substantially straight edge 3433 forms the lower extremity of the leg portion, and the rear edge of the leg portion running from the point 32 to the point 33 is shown as contoured along a compound curve, being convex at its lower part and concave at its upper part. The upper concave part merges into the convexly curved seat portion 323l.

In the assembled garment, the point 32 will approximate the apex of the crotch.

The inner leg portions, of which also only one, Cl, will be described, are shown as having four'edges, of which two, 4l--44 and 44-43 are substantially straight, and these may be described respectively as the front edge and the bottom edge of this portion. The front edge 4l--'44 is of the same length as the edge 22-23 of Al, so that it will match it accurately and may be joined thereto. The upper edge connecting points 42 and 4| is concavely curved, while the rear edge, connecting the points 42 and 43 is compoundly curved, first convex, adjacent the point,

42, and then concave, and it is a mirror image of the edge 3233 of portion Bl, so that it is adapted for being joined thereto.

The joining of these various parts has been indicated in the diagrammatic showing of Figure 3 by dot-and-dash lines, and it will be observed that the abdominal portion of the garment is formed by uniting the edge 2l-22 of Al with the edge l2l-|22 of A2, and edge 3l32 of BJ with edge l3ll32 of B2, and further uniting the front and the back sections soformed along their lateral edges, that is, the section Bl will have its edge 35-34 united to the edge 2524 of AI, and the section B2 will have its edge l35l34 united to the edge l25-l24 of A2. The inner leg portions C'I and C2 are applied, so that the edge l42l43 of C2 is united to edge I32-i33 of B2 and the edge l4l-l44 of C2 to edge 122-423 of A2, thereby forming a cylindrical leg portion. Similar operations effect union of C- -l to Bl', and the upper edges 4|42 and l4l--|42 of C--l and C2, thus forming the crotch portion.

It will be observed that at the points indicated by 22, I22, 4|, [4|, four of the sections meet, namely sections AI, A2, Cl and C2, and at the point indicated by the numerals 32, 42, I32, I42, four sections also meet, namely, B--|, B2, 0-4 and C2.

I have shown my garment made of six pieces, because I have found that in this way I can cut the material efficiently and that furthermore, I can more definitely attain the form-fitting effect. It will be understood, however, that wherever two sections are joined edge to edge, along edges that are straight, it is generally possible to out both sections in one, and that therefore it is possible to attain the general objects of my invention by employing varied numbers of pieces both in excess of and less than the number shown in the drawing.

It is further to be observed that the uniting of the curved edges, such as for example the edges I32-l33 of B2 and I42--I43 of C2, may be conveniently done by superposing the pieces so that the edges to be united coincide, and then applying the seaming stitches.

Attention will now again be called to the drawing, and particularly to Figures 2 and 3, which show the eifectiveness of my invention in making a-garment form-fitting. Figure 2 shows the garment fitted arounda human figure in erect position and it will be observed that the garment increases in girth from the waist down, so as to provide for the corresponding increase in width of the body until the maximum girth is reached, this maximum being reached approximately at the point 32 of Bl. Thereafter the girth decreases, and the rate of decrease increases progressively downward, this change in girth being due to the convex contour of the joined edges of the various pieces at these points. The leg portions are tapered downwardly, but inthe leg portions the rate of taper decreases progressively, being a maximum at their upper portions. This conformation is due to the concave contour of the rear edges of portions Bl and B2 and mit such movement. As will be observed from Figure 3, which shows the body bent forwardly and downwardly from the hips, the fulness that appears in places in Figure 2 does not represent unnecessary excess material, but only added material that is necessary to permit such free bending movement.

In this connection attention is called to the fact that garments constructed according to my 'design are intended to, and have, a greater amount of material available'to permit the bending such as in Figure 3 than garments of ordinary design. In such garments of ordinary design, for example, the back portion of the part Bl might be out along the dotted line 3l32 of Figure 4, and the corresponding cut in section B2 would be along dotted line l3ll32' of Figure 4. It therefore appears that my garment has added thereto, over the material of the ordinary garment the portion to the left of the dotted line of Bl, and to the right of the dotted line of B2, thereby providing fulness positioned and distributed to give the desired effect and to eliminate the bunching effect present in a conventional garment because of the improper distribution of the fulness around the points 32 and I32. v

Attention is also called to the increase in the length of the seam line at the back, which is very apparent when the length of the rear curved edge of 13-! and B2 in garments made according to my design are compared to the straight line cuts, of the ordinary garments as indicated in dotted lines.

Itwill also be obvious that the same desirable effects can be produced in other garments, such as combination garments, and that such effects are not restricted merely to articles of underwear, but may be found equally useful in garaoraoae that due to their form-fitting characterisidos, articles of clothing made according to my invention may be made of all fabrics, both knitted or woven. i

s It is almost superfluous to state that to the basic constructional features, as hereinabove' out lined may, be added the touches looked for in a finished garment, such as hemming, where required, together with ornamental touches as desired.. It will also beobserved from Figure i, that I have shown my garment provided with v an elastic waist band It.

By again referring to Figure 4 it will be observed that the vertical distance from the waist line to the bottom of the leg portions increases from the front of the garment to the back of the garment, being least at the middle of the front-portion and greatest at the rear of the back portion. It-=will alsolbe observed thatsince 20 one of the principal determining factors in the ,amount of stretch at the rear portions of the garment is the length of the seams at such rear portions, that the provisions made in my garment in this respect are unusually -ample. Whereas.

25in the ordinary garment such rear seam might differ in length very little from the vertical height of the garment at its rear portion, in my garment the length of this seam is represented by the length of the compoundly curved rear 30 edge Cl-ll, which greatly exceeds vertical height, and this length of scam is adapted to follow the body m rves in the forward bending of the body as shown in Figure 3 and to. distribute the fulness where it is required.

. While I have disclosed herein oneembodiment ofmy invention, it is tobe understood that the same may be embodied in many other. forms as will be obvious to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit thereof, and it is intendedto be illustrative merely and notlimitof the appended claims.

' i .45' thusdescribed my invention and illus- Fil'ated its use, what I claim as newand desire to by. letters Patent, is: I

to be that the disclosure herein is 1. A bifurcated nether garment comprising a front portion consisting :of an abdominal portion and two leg portions projecting downwardly therefrom, said abdominal portiontapering upwardly and, said garment comprising further a back portion consisting of symmetrically contoured lateral sections, each comprising a seat portion having a convexly curved rear edge, and a leg portion having a compoundly curved rear edge, convex at its upper portions and concave at its lower portions, and said'sections being joined along said convexly curved rear edge of the seat portion, and said garment having further inner leg portions, each having its rear edge compoundly curved and contoured so that it is a mirror image of the aforesaid compoundly curved rear edge and united to said compoundly curved rear edge, and said portions being dimen vsionedlsoas to .provide fullness at the seat and adjacent parts of the garment, said garment at other points thereof being ubstantially closely form-fitting.

2. A bifurcated nether g "rment comprising a tions, each having its rear edge compoundly.

curved and contoured so that it is a mirror image of the aforesaid'compoundly curved rear edge and united to said compoundly curved rear edge and having its upper edge concavely curved and united to the similar edge of the other inner leg portion, said portions being dimensioned so as to provide fullness at the seat and adiacent parts of the garment, said garment at' other points being substantially closely form-fitting.

HARRY GOLDBTEIN. 

